Letter 587: Your difficulties have been resolved — resolved by the labors of Mariades.
To Sabinos. (359?)
Your difficulties have been resolved — resolved by the labors of Mariades. I received your letter when the troubles had already ended, so I asked: "How then should I help?" He replied that no help was needed, and that this was a time for rejoicing. So I rejoiced, and I wrote.
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Latin / Greek Original
Σαβίνῳ. (359?)
Λέλυταί σοι τὰ δυσχερῆ, λέλυται δὲ τοῖς Μαριάδου πόνοις.
καὶ τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἤδη τῶν δεινῶν πεπαυμένων ἐλάμβανον,
ὥστ’ ἐγὼ μὲν ἠρώτων· πῶς οὖν χρὴ βοηθεῖν; ὁ δὲ
ἀπεκρίνατο δεῖν μὲν οὐδὲν βοηθείας, εἶναι δὲ τὸν καιρὸν
ἡδονῆς. ἔχαιρόν τε οὖν καὶ ἐπέστελλον.
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from AI-assisted translation from original text.
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